RTÉ sports presenter, Evanne Ní Chuilinn has pulled out of covering the Olympics as she reveals she’s expecting her third child.
The sports star was set to travel to Tokyo next week alongside Jacqui Hurley, but announced that she would be staying at home instead.
Speaking with the RTÉ Guide she said; “I am pulling out for the best possible reason and for the only reason I would pull out, for my family and my health.”
“Even pre-Covid I probably wouldn’t have travelled as I get so sick with hyperemesis.”
However, she will still be hosting the Paralympics for the Tokyo games, but covering them from the RTÉ studios.
For Eavanne, this is exciting news for her and her husband, Brian Fitzsimons as they are expecting their third child together. Already parents to Seimi, who is nine and Peigi who is six, they are now having a third through IVF.
Speaking about this she shared; “We’re delighted. It’s been a long road. People are shocked when I tell them because I think they make assumptions when you have a nine-year-old and a six-year-old that you’re done. Thankfully IVF worked first time.”
However, she is aware that this isn’t the case for everyone; “It’s disheartening every month when it doesn’t happen for you and people don’t really talk about it. Everyone has a journey with that stuff and this has been ours.”
A huge congratulations to Eavanne and Brian on this happy news!
